Assistant Director, Student Success
Urbana, IL, USA
Posted on Sep 25, 2026
Duties Responsibilities BPA Program Leadership Impact • Lead and manage the Business Pathways Academy (BPA) program, ensuring strong outcomes in student engagement, academic performance, and retention • Oversee delivery of integrated programming across academic, co-curricular, and community-based experiences • Contribute to student success and retention initiatives within the broader Student Success portfolio • Partner with leadership to align BPA outcomes with college-wide learner experience goals • Contribute to the development and execution of cohort-based student success strategy • Design, implement, and continuously improve BPA programming. • Coordinate and align BPA student participation in supplemental learning systems. • Oversee day-to-day operations of BPA programming and initiatives • Track and analyze data • Develop reports to evaluate program outcomes and impact • Maintain program materials, communications, and systems • Establish clear expectations and accountability structures for program delivery • Provide professional and student staff training5 Organizational Role Cross-Functional Collaboration • Serve as a program-level leader within Student Success, contributing to unit planning and coordination • Support integration of BPA within the broader student success, OUP and Gies Business ecosystem • Collaborate with Coordinator of Academic Success to lead key program personnel. • Contribute to unit-level reporting and assessment efforts, including dashboards and impact reports Academic Planning Advising • Monitor academic progress of BPA students toward graduation using the appropriate systems • Provide proactive individualized advising and degree planning to BPA students, especially those entering with at-risk degree progression • Coordinate with Program Coordinator to organize facilitated study groups and skill-based workshops Administration, Assessment Reporting • Other duties as assigned
